

Loading... A Christmas Carol (1843)by Charles Dickens
![]()
» 88 more Favourite Books (28) BBC Big Read (8) 501 Must-Read Books (19) Christmas Books (1) Best of Brit Lit (18) Best Fantasy Novels (197) Short and Sweet (4) Books Read in 2015 (51) Out of Copyright (2) Ghosts (1) Best Young Adult (59) 19th Century (4) A Novel Cure (6) United Kingdom (1) Carole's List (16) Five star books (48) Sonlight Books (31) Childhood Favorites (37) Ambleside Books (30) Fiction For Men (5) A Winter's Tale (2) Top Five Books of 2013 (1,296) Books Read in 2013 (77) Overdue Podcast (3) Victorian (6) Readable Classics (29) Books Read in 2018 (1,244) Books That Made Me Cry (160) Read (43) Books Read in 2012 (32) Horror to Read (6) Books on my Kindle (23) Didactic Fiction (4) My Wishlist (7) Read in 2013 (17) Favourite Books (14) Grim Reaper (5) . (4) 1840s (3) BBC Top Books (48) Best of World Literature (339) Unread books (881) The imagery was so much richer than I expected. This is a truly powerful book for how short and compact it is. I've heard the story all of my life, but reading the book made it come to life. ( ![]() No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty.
This was surprisingly quite funny! The narration was done in that particular style that seems to have been largely abandoned by modern authors: third-person told from a first-person non-character narrator. I love this style! Many of my favorite classics (Peter Pan, The Chronicles of Narnia, etc) are told in this style, and it always lends itself a storybook quality that is sorely lacking in today's literature. The story itself was something I am at this point extremely familiar with, as it has permeated all corners of Western civilization at this point, but still, there were some things that are often excluded in most adaptations, such as the children of mankind: "They are Man's," said the Spirit, looking down upon them. "And they cling to me, appealing from their fathers. This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware of them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased." (Except for that one with Jim Carrey, but it added that weird chase scene.) Those parts not oft-explored were really interesting and added a great deal of meaning to the story. I am quite glad I read this. This was my first Dickens experience and it has fully convinced me that I really need to read more classics! Time to read them instead of watching their BBC Masterpiece Classics adaptations! "There are some upon this earth of yours," returned the Spirit, "who claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name, who are as strange to us, and all our kith and kin, as if they had never lived." Wonderful illustrations by PJ Lynch sets this edition above the others. The full page illustrations throughout the book helps bring the story alive with the scenes of Victorian England. I recently received a new version of a great classic, A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens. This particular version is illustrated by Francine Haskins with an afterword by Kyra E. Hick. This version has wonderful illustrations that belong in everyone's collection. Thank you to Kyra E. Hick for bringing this to my attention so that I may share it. Francine Haskins brings to live a Christmas Carol for ALL to enjoy regardless of where we live. My favorite version so far! Simon Prebble is perfect! Is contained inA Christmas Treasury of Yuletide Stories and Poems by James Charlton Five Novels: A Christmas Carol/David Copperfield/Great Expectations/Oliver Twist/A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Great Expectations / Hard Times / A Christmas Carol / A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol / The Chimes by Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol / The Chimes / The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens Christmas Books by Charles Dickens Christmas Books, Tales and Sketches by Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol / David Copperfield / Great Expectations / Oliver Twist / The Pickwick Papers / A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens The Hutchinson Treasury of Children's Literature by Alison Sage Great works of Charles Dickens by Rh Value Publishing Kerstverhalen by Charles Dickens The Annotated Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens Christmas Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens The Longman Anthology of British Literature, Volume 2B: The Victorian Age by David Damrosch A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Stories by Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol | A Christmas Tree by Charles Dickens Great Novels: Charles Dickens by PARR Dickens' Christmas: A Victorian Celebration by Simon Callow A Christmas Carol / The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens Once upon a time; the fairy tale world of Arthur Rackham by Margery Darrell A Christmas Carol / The Chimes / The Cricket on the Hearth / The Battle of Life / The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain by Charles Dickens Is retold inHas the (non-series) sequelHas the adaptationMickey’s Christmas Carol by Walt Disney Productions A Christmas Carol [adapted - Great Illustrated Classics] by Malvina G. Vogel A Christmas Carol [adapted - Oxford Bookworms] by Clare West Scrooged [1988 film] by Richard Donner A Christmas Carol [1999 film] by David Jones A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley by Israel Horovitz Zombies Christmas Carol by Jim McCann A Christmas Carol [adapted - Michael Cole] by Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol: Dicken's Classic Tale Retold for Young Children by Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol [adapted - Macmillan Heinemann Reader] by Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol [adapted - Longman Classics] by Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol [graphic novel - Campfire Classics by Charles Dickens First Classics Illustrated: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens First Classics Illustrated: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol: A Graphic Novel by Benjamin Harper Scrooge [1935 film] by Henry Edwards A Christmas Carol [radio drama] by Lionel Barrymore Classics Illustrated Deluxe #9: Scrooge, A Christmas Carol & A Remembrance of Mugby by Charles Dickens by Rodolphe A Christmas Carol: adapted for the stage by Paul Sills A Christmas Carol..Charles Dickens by Nigel Flynn Cuento De Navidad joyas Literarias Juveniles by Carlos Dickens A Christmas Carol by Craig Sodaro A Christmas Carol (Audible Original Drama) by Charles Dickens Is abridged inReader's Digest Condensed Books 1961 v04 by Reader's Digest A Christmas Carol [adapted] by Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol - A Reader's Digest Condensed Book by Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol [adapted - Dickens Library] by Charles Dickens Is parodied inInspiredThe Muppet Christmas Carol [1992 film] by Brian Henson Has as a reference guide/companionThe Annotated Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits by Les Standiford A Christmas Carol Keepsake: Dickens' Reading Version and Your Victorian Christmas Celebration by Dr. Elliot Engel Has as a student's study guide
References to this work on external resources.
|
Book description |
|
Haiku summary |
|
(retrieved from Amazon Thu, 12 Mar 2015 18:22:58 -0400)
A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.
Charles Dickens's book A Christmas Carol was available from LibraryThing Member Giveaway.
Quick Links |
0.5 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
1.5 | ![]() |
2 | ![]() |
2.5 | ![]() |
3 | ![]() |
3.5 | ![]() |
4 | ![]() |
4.5 | ![]() |
5 | ![]() |
An edition of this book was published by Candlewick Press.
3 editions of this book were published by Penguin Australia.
Editions: 014132452X, 014119474X, 0141389478
2 editions of this book were published by Urban Romantics.
Editions: 1909438863, 1909438871
An edition of this book was published by Recorded Books.
Become a LibraryThing Author.